Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For a differential drill they are placed side by side and drilled across to highlight the difference between them .
2 Because of the way that the two animals stand in relation to one another while grooming is going on , it is these vertical lines that are placed slap in front of their ‘ nearside ’ eyes .
3 Underwater there are hidden dangers for river-life .
4 The corporations are imposed by central government and are given powers of land and development that have been seen as ‘ staggering ’ ( Cullingworth , 1985 , p. 282 ) .
5 These arguments are given credibility by Pareto 's ambiguous reaction to the rise of Italian fascism , and by Michels ' conversion from a socialist syndicalist espousing the use of a general strike before the First World War to an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s ( Beetham , 1977 ) .
6 Problematic employees are given letters of counselling which are filed in an unfavourable information folder .
7 Simple photographs , perceived to have little artistic quality are afforded copyright protection for only twenty-five years after death whereas editorial photographs and ‘ artistic ’ photographs are given periods of protection of fifty years and seventy years after death , respectively .
8 Under LMS , where governing bodies are given responsibility for matters that affect health and safety , they will be potentially liable for any offences against the 1974 Health and Safety Act caused by their decisions .
9 Applicants with appropriate previous study and/or experience are given exemption from part of the Course and students wishing to transfer from another institution are welcomed , subject to numbers .
10 Au these possibilities are recognized in EC competition policy , and are given exemption from Article 85 so long as certain safeguards are in place .
11 Rangers are given scent of success
12 A bias is evaluated for each lexicographer so that those that are receiving less than their ‘ fair share ’ are given priority over others .
13 If workers are given jobs for life or if their wages are linked to age and seniority does this not make for a much less flexible labour market ?
14 Later he and Ben Allen set up in practice in Bristol as ‘ Sawyer , late Nockemorf ’ , and after going bankrupt are given appointments as surgeons in the East India Company .
15 We are given insight into Chas ' thoughts of a future through his own phantasizing dreams :
16 where corporate information is revealed legitimately to an underwriter , accountant , lawyer , or consultant working for the corporation , these outsiders may become fiduciaries of the shareholders … [ they do not actively solicit or acquire inside information ] but rather they have entered into a special confidential relationship in the conduct of the business of the enterprise and are given access to information solely for corporate purposes .
17 Students are given opportunities at field and Modular Course level to raise difficulties not addressed at the level of modules .
18 Of a bewildered dervish , are taught distrust in prayer .
19 To allow pupils to progress at a pace suited to their own particular aptitudes , they are taught French in sets based on their ability in the subject .
20 In T. axei the eggs are arranged pole to pole longitudinally .
21 They are situated side by side in the square type of pod , or one above the other in the oblong pods ( usually in two columns ) .
22 Whenever possible , rooms are let floor by floor upwards , grouped together .
23 It is more likely that the accounts in Matthew and Luke are shortened versions of Mark than that Mark has expanded one of theirs .
24 EVERY Christmas , Denmans Electrical , a Midlands-based firm with several branches , has a charity fund raising day and the staff 's efforts are matched pound for pound by the company .
25 Secondly , under the new Act , tenants in council property are granted security of tenure , whereas previously they did not have this protection .
26 The church would be regarded as a charity , and whereas charities are granted exemption from income tax and CGT under the provisions of s 505 Taxes Act 1988 , it does not extend to any profits the charity earns as a result of its undertaking any activities that may be considered ‘ an adventure in the nature of a trade ’ .
27 The tendency is to ignore value distinctions and to undermine qualitative difference so that popular and high art genres are presented side by side in a unified space or text .
28 In addition to publications , there are written words for films , video tapes , sound recordings , and for information used in broadcasting .
29 My buildings are collected works of art made by many hands of many artists and true craftsmen , made with love , a true brotherhood ; an experience of joy where all parties gain fulfilment .
30 Also insect pests and diseases increase when the same crops are grown year after year .
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